Bombardier provided this YouTube video showing the first flight of aircraft zero. Note the moving parts on the mockup. Note also the extent of the technology deployed in the mockup site. This demonstrates what we have been explaining about the…
In South Africa there is a little airline called kulula that readers might enjoy learning about. The airline is owned by Comair, which also flies around Southern Africa as BA. Comair operates an LCC and a full service airline. But,…
We visited the Bombardier Mirabel facility in May, where we were introduced to their CSeries mockup made from wood. More than a few of the assembled media people smirked about this – after all, are we not in the 21st…
Boeing’s 737 MAX is beginning to take off nicely. It still has less than half the firm orders of the Airbus A320neo and Boeing failed to convert as many commitments to firm orders during the Farnborough Air Show as it…
There are many ways to look at the potential (and quite likely) merger of American Airlines and US Airways. There are the obvious issues everyone is talking about, but take a listen to the less obvious issues. The impact on…
Aviation Week and Aviation Daily journalist Andy Compart published a story on the outcome of an arbitration between the airline and its pilots. The airline won the arbitration and this opens up a host of fleet changes the airline can…